Although the battles don’t last for 3 episodes each, there is enough excitement and onscreen antics to keep even the biggest shounen fans hooked. The comedy may frequently outweigh the action, but this only goes to highlight the stupendous sword duels and furious fist fights.Dividing the series into eight individual seasons, each final quarter holds a mini-arc that shows a glimmer of Gintama’s Jump origins. Take for example the madcap antics of the local law enforcement agency, the Shinsengumi sadistically delicious Sougo is more distracted by trying to usurp the vice-commander than actually doing his job, whilst comically deformed Kondo (aka Gorilla) spends as much time running round in his birthday suit as he does admonishing the bad guys.
However, it quickly becomes apparent that there is more to the black sheep of the shounen universes than just a hack and slash adventure. At first, it seems that the humans struggle against the alien amanto invading Earth would be the main focus, especially as the star is a wooden boken wielding ex-samurai. Sorry!With so many completely unrelated and varied tales, it is difficult to pin down a single underlying story for Gintama. Some may take offence to my mild fangirlism, others may nod their heads in agreement to virtually every word that spreads across the page either way, this is merely one persons view of the show and will certainly not agree with every single AP’er out there. That has been my experience of trying to write this review as I try to make sure full justice is bequeathed upon the epic series that is Gintama.
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